apparently, if i surf over an unsecured network, anyone with the right software and hardware in range of my radio can watch what i'm doing. the question is (because i don't care if they watch), can they hack my account. i'm guessing no, but i don't understand it.
noone can read what's on my screen, right? they can just read what i transmit. now, it's true i could information that could be used to hack into my account, as part of a message, but i can be careful about that. i guess the question is, could someone, say, post something on my blog, by impersonating my connection to a web hosting site?
more ... they would have to send a transmission with all the characteristics of my own transmissions ... can web hosting tell whether such a transmission came from me?
the really bad possibility is that someone would send a transmission that would change setting on my account ... my password, for example ... and, it's true, web hosting seems to ask for my password - transmitted over a secure connection - when i try to access that kind of thing ... so, really, REALLY, it's probably safe to blog, even do e-mail, over an unsecured connection ... the worst that is likely to happen is someone posts things, which i can then remove, if necessary ... RIGHT?
i want to generalize this a bit ... what if someone wants to really do business over hot spots (and why am i asking that? because i've been experimenting with a wireless data plan, and it kind of sucks) ... transmit and receive documents that way, access communications, etc.? what are our options?
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